Darwin Thompson

Former running back at Utah State. 2018: 1,044 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 23 catches.

RB · Utah State · Jr. · #5

5′8″ · 190 lb · Jenks, OK

Kansas City — drafted 2019, Rd 6, Pick 41, #214 overall

The story

Former running back at Utah State. 2018: 1,044 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 23 catches.

Drafted round 6 by the Kansas City in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Utah State, 1,044 rushing yards — drafted at #214 overall by Kansas City.

His career

2019

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 6, pick 214

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Utah State

2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #214

Kansas City · 2019

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 8th NFL season

#214Rd 6 · Pick 41

Kansas CityEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Utah State11-2HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: rush tds (95th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#11 / 326 · 97th pct

351

Rush TDs#15 / 339 · 95th pct

Yards / carry#26 / 339 · 92nd pct

6.8

Fumbles lost#1 / 217 · 87th pct

Receptions#41 / 326 · 87th pct

Rush yards#46 / 339 · 87th pct

1044

Long run#75 / 339 · 78th pct

Carries#80 / 339 · 76th pct

153

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	75.8	9.5	1.2
Road7g	84.1	5.7	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	74.1	8.3	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	87.5	6.6	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Utah State	153	1,044	6.8	14	--
Career		153	1,044	6.8	14	--

Season	Team
2018	Utah State	23	351	15.3	2	--
Career		23	351	15.3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 45–20

at BYU

109 rush yds (17 car)

Dominant 25-point win on the road against BYU.

With T. Hintze — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · G. Bright — 61 rush yds (14 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week